T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to announce the T-SQL Tuesday Topic of the month! This...
2015-12-01
6 reads
SQLBalls
Top 3 Questions Before Submitting to a SQL Saturday
Hello Dear Reader! We are coming up upon the 9th SQL Saturday for Orlando. Orlando is where SQL Saturday began,...
2015-06-25
853 reads
Top 3 Questions Before Submitting to a SQL Saturday
Hello Dear Reader! We are coming up upon the 9th SQL Saturday for Orlando. Orlando is where SQL Saturday began, and the home to some pretty amazing speakers. We,...
2015-06-25
5 reads
Looking Out for Others Helps You Lead
I'm sitting on a plane. I'm in an exit row, still a big guy in a little seat. I go...
2015-01-22
788 reads
When the Problem is Not Them. It’s You.
Hello Dear Reader! I’ve been the Data Platform Management Lead at Pragmatic Works for almost two years now. It’s been...
2014-11-26
1,251 reads
PASS Summit 2014 Streaming Keynotes
Hello Dear Reader! It's that time of the year again, time for the PASS Summit and the streaming Keynote. Here...
2014-11-05
877 reads
Tales from the Query Processor III
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socal_jim/2070088596/Hello Dear Reader! It’s that time of year again. The leaves are turning, temperatures are changing, and Halloween is once...
2014-10-31
1,179 reads
I'm an MVP
Hello Dear Reader! Two weeks ago I was very honored to be named a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. Since then...
2014-10-15
809 reads
#PASSVOTE 2014
Hello Dear Reader! The PASS Board of Director elections are upon us again. We have 3 spots open and 4...
2014-09-24
602 reads
Outstanding PASS Volunteer
Hello Dear Reader! In June this year I was recognized by PASS as with an Outstanding Volunteer Award. In an...
2014-09-15
655 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
Assume preview features are enabled. See possible answers